Slitherine

Any FOOTBALL (soccer) fans? What's everyone's thoughts on who will lift the World Cup this year?

I'm going for.... ENGLAND! We can hope, probrably Brazil will win it.

It will be great fun to watch, well the first few games till we get knocked out will be fun!

Go yankees!

Wait, uh, soccer?

Ooooops

sum1won wrote:Go yankees!

Wait, uh, soccer?

Ooooops

Actually... according to the latest released FIFA World Ranking, USA are tied in 5th place together with Spain.

They have dropped from 4th and are now behind Brazil, Czech Republic, Netherlands and Mexico. Compared with above mentioned England who are ranked 10th...

My native Denmark (who are not playing the WC) is ranked 12th. We intend to rule the U21 EC instead because all the other nations have drafted their top youngsters into their WC squads...

You can see the full ranking here: http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/ ... 06,00.html

If you want to see how this came about click here: http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/ ... ,3,00.html

I personally will just enjoy the (hopefully) excellent football on display with no emotions involved what so ever...

Japan is 18th.

Group F is Brazil, Croatia, Australia, and Japan.
It seems a bit too strong opponents to fight against.

Well, though, watching Brazil's team is fun and quite enjoyable.

My money is on the dutch

I support England in this World Cup...even if Rooney is playing for them.

I will be happy with any winner that is not Brazil, but I still think the Netherlands have the right stuff this year.

England? Pffft, dream on...

I mean, no offense, but they just have no realistic chance to take the cup.

I think the first game is on a Saturday, which means I won't have to ask for the afternoon off :-p

3 goals in 10 minutes, wow, kind of Midway like situation .

I must admit Japan have no hope for the second round.

I hope your national teams are doing well.

Japan were unlucky, I had the game on in the background. I was routing for you guys Ah well, don't give up hope yet, you can still make it through. England won the first game and lead the group by 2 clear points already, so I'm hopefully for 1/4 final qualification

Oh, crap

USA got whipped by the Czechs 3-0 today. We couldn't even score once.

And Ghana lost also

BUT...everything is still possible if those teams win their next 2 games....so let's keep our fingers crossed.

anguille wrote:And Ghana lost also

BUT...everything is still possible if those teams win their next 2 games....so let's keep our fingers crossed.

Ghana? I thought you would support Switzerland...one of the most promising/finest teams in this world cup, BTW.

possum wrote:Oh, crap

USA got whipped by the Czechs 3-0 today. We couldn't even score once.

USA are rated higher than England by FIFA's world rankings... odd huh?

ste wrote:

possum wrote:Oh, crap

USA got whipped by the Czechs 3-0 today. We couldn't even score once.

USA are rated higher than England by FIFA's world rankings... odd huh?

Wait until England meets Czech Republic in some later stage , you'll see what they (FIFA) mean

Only joking . England squad is great...

2-0!!! Awesome goal from Gerrard, Bring on Sweden.

Man, there seem to be a lot of shut-outs in this world cup.

Err, to an American, a shut-out is when one team doesn't score at all.

England's game 2-0, USA lost 3-0 the other day, and today the Ecuador vs El Salvador game was also 3-0

possum wrote:Ecuador vs El Salvador game was also 3-0

err....Costa Rica, not El Salvador

possum wrote:Man, there seem to be a lot of shut-outs in this world cup.

Err, to an American, a shut-out is when one team doesn't score at all.

England's game 2-0, USA lost 3-0 the other day, and today the Ecuador vs El Salvador game was also 3-0

Yeah, that'll happen when you get a good team playing a crap one Just kidding USA did absolutely brilliantly against Italy my hat's off to them.